Luiz Sanchez

Luiz is a Brazilian journalist in Cairo @luizdaVeiga
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Minor protest calls for Iranian non-involvement in Syria

A small group of protesters rally in front of the Iranian Embassy…

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Politics

Obama takes to Reddit

Social Media; how to win a Presidency

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Although pirate activities off the coast of Somalia have gathered the most media attention, gangs also operate in the seas off Benin and Togo AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Dahir
Politics

Oil tanker hijacked off Togo still missing

As yet unknown but presumably well organised group responsible

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Police officers stand guard in the coastal city of Mombasa on 29 August following two days of deadly rioting AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA
Politics

Ongoing violence in Mombasa, death toll of four

Death toll expected to rise if violence continues

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
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Morsy secures Chinese deals

Prospects of improving Egypt's economic situation, as Morsy visits China

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Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of US peace activist Rachel Corrie who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003, sit at the Haifa District Court in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
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Activist’s death a ‘regrettable accident’

Israeli court rules Rachel Corrie's death by a bulldozer not intentional.

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Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

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Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

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A video released by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa on 26 August reportedly shows an Algerian man taken hostage by the MUJAO in April asking Algerian authorities to "save his life" AFP PHOTO / MUJAO
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Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

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Culture

Farewell Rocketman

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, remembered.

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